Oct. 10, 2018, 12:50 p.m.

Seth Meyers’ “Late Night” will also be going live on Nov. 6 to weigh in on the results of the midterm elections.

The NBC star will offer real-time commentary and analysis during his usual East Coast time slot of 12:35 a.m., NBC announced on Wednesday. West Coast viewers will see a tape-delayed version of the same show when it airs here at its usual time.

On CBS, “The Late Show” star Stephen Colbert will also be hosting a live telecast to keep up with election results. His show airs earlier than “Late Night” (at 11:35 p.m. Eastern) and will also be tape-delayed for West Coast viewers.

Oct. 10, 2018, 12:15 p.m.

“The Deuce” star and producer Maggie Gyllenhaal defended resuming production on the HBO series despite costar James Franco being accused by several women of sexually inappropriate and exploitative behavior.

“It would’ve been the wrong consequence to those accusations to shut our show down,” she said Tuesday on SiriusXM’s “Sway in the Morning” when she was promoting her Netflix film, “The Kindergarten Teacher.”

“It would’ve been like actually the opposite of the right thing to do. And yet, you know, look, I believe that there should be consequences for disrespecting or assaulting women. Of course I do,” she added.

Oct. 10, 2018, 10:26 a.m.

Cardi B stole the show with her colorful rendition of "I Like It" at Tuesday's American Music Awards. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

The American Music Awards didn’t offer up a particularly surprising crop of winners during its ceremony Tuesday night, but the show itself had its moments.

Even though Gladys Knight honored the late Aretha Franklin’s gospel music career, resurgent divas Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez both performed, and Panic! at the Disco covered Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” nothing could compare to the night’s big winners.

Oct. 10, 2018, 9:11 a.m.

Hayma Washington is stepping down as chairman and CEO of the Television Academy Board of Governors when his term expires at the end of the year.

Washington will not seek a second term in order for him to return to producing and focusing on diversity, The Times has confirmed.

“It just felt for me as a professional and personally it was time to move on,” he told Variety on Tuesday. “I’m an independent producer and as you sit in that position, you really are limited in some of the things you can do with your agendas.”

Oct. 9, 2018, 8:25 p.m.

Taylor Swift accepts a trophy at the American Music Awards. (Kevin Winter)

Taylor Swift has now broken the record for most American Music Awards won by a female artist.

During Tuesday’s ceremony the pop star, who opened the night with a fiery performance of "I Did Something Bad” (her first awards show performance in three years), eclipsed Whitney Houston’s longstanding position as the most decorated female performer on the AMA stage.

Swift swept the evening, taking home trophies for tour of the year, pop/rock album and the night’s biggest award, artist of the year. Tuesday’s wins brought Swift’s career total past the 21 Houston collected in her lifetime. Swift has won 23 AMA trophies.

Oct. 9, 2018, 11:07 a.m.

In an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, Busy Philipps alleges that James Franco assaulted her on the set of "Freaks and Geeks." (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times; Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

In “This Will Only Hurt a Little,” which will be published next week, Philipps alleges that James Franco, her costar on “Freaks and Geeks,” physically assaulted her in 1999 on the set of that short-lived but beloved NBC TV show.

According to Philipps, she was shooting a scene with Franco that required her to gently hit him on the chest as she delivered her line. The actress alleges that Franco immediately broke character after she made contact.